Mara Held Laura Berger About the work

About the work

Much of my focus as been on exploring alternate notions of family and connection - through our ties to the global community

whilst her compositions imply they exist as part of a larger story

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Kristin Hjellegjerde

Mara Held Laura Berger About the workGet Updates Mara Held is known for energetic yet delicate paintings on linen and paper depicting lyrical organic forms in vibrant colours. She uses intricately cut stencils for some patterns that evoke varied sources from plant life growing on ancient forest floors or pelagic forms found in coral reefs to Japanese woodcuts and psychedelic posters. Helds preferred medium is egg tempera, a painstaking technique mastered by Renaissance painters.